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Saturday 23 August 2025 · 12:30 · HT 1-1 · Referee Stuart Morland

Newport County v Milton Keynes Dons: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Newport County's last 2 home games and Milton Keynes Dons's last 2 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 0 of 4, with 10.3 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Newport County v Milton Keynes Dons, full match

48%

Possession

52%

1.62

Expected goals (xG)

1.73

10

Shots

17

3

Shots on target

4

3

Corners

7

12

Fouls

13

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

7

Goals and cards

6'

Goal

Habeeb Ogunneye NEW

45+1'

Penalty

Nathaniel Méndez-Laing MIL

51'

Goal

Callum Paterson MIL

70'

Penalty missed

Bobby Kamwa NEW

77'

Yellow card

Nathan Thompson MIL

83'

Yellow card

Thomas Davies NEW

90+2'

Yellow card

Jonathan Leko MIL

At a glance

Newport County

20th in the table

L

W

D

Milton Keynes Dons

2nd in the table

D

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Newport County's home games and Milton Keynes Dons's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Newport County's last 2 home games and Milton Keynes Dons's last 2 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

2/4 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

3/4 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

1/4 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

75%

3/4 games · League 55%

Newport County clean sheet

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons clean sheet

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Newport County fail to score

50%

1/2 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons fail to score

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.8

League 2.6

Corners

10.3

League 9.8

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Newport County

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Nikola Tzanev

DEFENDERS

3

5

MIDFIELDERS

8

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

1

Jordan Wright

2

Cameron Evans

6

Ciaran Brennan

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon

James Clarke

12

Joe Thomas

19

Gerard Garner

Milton Keynes Dons

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Craig McGillivray

DEFENDERS

2

21

32

MIDFIELDERS

8

Alex Gilbey

Liam Kelly

Will Collar

FORWARDS

13

Callum Paterson

Nathaniel Méndez-Laing

SUBSTITUTES

7

Kane Thompson-Sommers

29

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy

Scott Hogan

Jonathan Leko

Referee: Stuart Morland

1 game in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

25.0

League 23.1

Penalties per game

2.0

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

NEW

MIL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

4/4

75%

3/4

88%

7/8

94%

Over 1.5

75%

3/4

75%

3/4

75%

6/8

77%

Over 2.5

50%

2/4

25%

1/4

38%

3/8

47%

Over 3.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

21%

Over 4.5

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

13%

1/8

13%

Bet

NEW

MIL

Match

League

Yes

75%

3/4

25%

1/4

50%

4/8

55%

Yes and win

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

25%

2/8

40%

Yes and draw

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

19%

Yes and loss

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

18%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

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Bet

NEW

MIL

Match

League

Corners per match

10.0

9.8

9.9

9.2

Over 7.5

100%

4/4

50%

2/4

75%

6/8

60%

Over 8.5

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

50%

4/8

47%

Over 9.5

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

38%

3/8

36%

Over 10.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

23%

Over 11.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

23%

Over 12.5

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

25%

2/8

19%

Referee Stuart Morland: 3.0 cards and 25.0 fouls per game in 1 game this season

Bet

NEW

MIL

Match

League

Cards per match

3.3

4.8

4.0

4.2

Over 2.5

50%

2/4

100%

4/4

75%

6/8

77%

Over 3.5

50%

2/4

100%

4/4

75%

6/8

70%

Over 4.5

25%

1/4

75%

3/4

50%

4/8

40%

Over 5.5

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/8

26%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Callum Paterson

3 starts · 0.7 per 90

0%

0/3

67%

2/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Alex Gilbey

4 starts · 0.5 per 90

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Jack Sanders

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

25%

1/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Newport County

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Salford City

(H)

0-1

L

16 Aug

Grimsby Town

(A)

1-2

L

9 Aug

Crawley Town

(A)

2-1

W

2 Aug

Notts County

(H)

1-1

D

Milton Keynes Dons

Last 5 games before this match

19 Aug

Crawley Town

(A)

1-1

D

16 Aug

Cheltenham Town

(H)

5-0

W

9 Aug

Barrow AFC

(A)

2-0

W

2 Aug

Oldham Athletic

(H)

0-0

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Newport County and Milton Keynes Dons haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League Two table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Bromley

46

24

15

7

71

46

+25

87

W

L

D

L

W

2

MK Dons

46

24

14

8

86

45

+41

86

D

W

D

3

Cambridge Utd

46

22

16

8

66

33

+33

82

D

W

L

D

W

4

Salford

46

25

6

15

61

51

+10

81

D

W

D

L

5

Notts County

46

24

8

14

74

52

+22

80

D

W

L

W

6

Chesterfield

46

21

16

9

71

56

+15

79

W

D

W

D

7

Grimsby

46

22

12

74

50

+24

78

D

W

L

8

Barnet

46

21

13

12

70

53

+17

76

W

9

Swindon

46

22

9

15

70

59

+11

75

L

D

L

W

10

Oldham

46

18

14

60

44

+16

68

W

L

11

Crewe

46

19

10

17

64

58

+6

67

D

L

W

12

Colchester

46

18

12

16

62

49

+13

66

W

L

W

13

Walsall

46

18

11

17

56

0

65

L

W

L

14

Bristol Rovers

46

19

5

22

56

65

-9

62

D

W

15

Fleetwood

46

15

16

15

57

58

-1

61

D

W

L

16

Accrington

46

14

11

21

47

58

-11

53

L

D

L

17

Gillingham

46

13

14

19

53

72

-19

53

W

L

D

18

Cheltenham

46

14

10

22

53

79

-26

52

L

W

19

Shrewsbury

46

13

10

23

42

69

-27

49

L

D

W

L

20

Newport

46

12

7

27

48

77

-29

43

W

L

W

L

21

Tranmere

46

10

11

25

54

79

-25

41

D

L

W

L

D

22

Crawley

46

8

16

22

44

68

-24

40

D

L

23

Harrogate Town

46

10

9

27

39

68

-29

39

L

W

L

24

Barrow AFC

46

9

28

45

78

-33

36

L

W

L

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Newport County v Milton Keynes Dons: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Newport County

Milton Keynes Dons

Referee: Stuart Morland

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Newport County

Milton Keynes Dons

Head to head

League Two table